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Recognised as Colour

#99D9F5

  • #99D9F5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#99D9F5 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 217, 245 and HSL 198°, 82%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#99D9F5#99D9F5
HEX#99D9F5
RGBrgb(153, 217, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.851, 0.9608
RGB percentages60%, 85.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(198.3, 82.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 37.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK37.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,082,805
CSS custom property--colour: #99D9F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#66260A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD6F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCBF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#77E1E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.6Light blue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.62, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5B599
Analogous#99F5E3, #99ABF5
Triadic#F599D9, #D9F599
Split complementary#F599AB, #F5E399
Tetradic#E399F5, #F5B599, #ABF599

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FCFE
Lighter +10%#C7EAFA
Darker −10%#6BC8F0
Darker −20%#3CB6EC
Darker −30%#16A2DF
Darker −40%#1180B1
More saturated +25%#8FDDFF
Less saturated −25%#A7D4E7

Channel breakdown

R153
G217
B245
Red153 (60%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue198.26°
Saturation (HSL)82.14%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G D9 · B F5

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